Energy, Mines, and Resources

Minerals Geology

Exploration

The Mineral Services Unit monitors and compiles records of exploration activity in Yukon, as well as reviews mineral assessment reports and provides information and advice to clients.

Yukon Advanced Exploration Activity Map, 2011 [1.8 MB ]

The following links are useful for individuals, companies and organizations engaging in mineral exploration in Yukon:

1) Laws, regulations and guidelines surrounding mineral exploration and mining

2) Claims information - hard rock and placer

3) Mineral exploration reports and records (mineral assessment and YMIP reports and historical records)

4) Minerals databases - MINFILE and placer database

5) Geoscience Data Repository - Canada-wide geological and geophysical publications and data (Natural Resources Canada)

Laws and Regulations
Mining Acts	Quartz and placer mining acts
Hard Rock (Quartz) Mining - regulatory information	Guidelines; environmental assessment, permitting
Placer Gold Mining - regulatory information	Guidelines, environmental assessment, permitting
Coal – regulatory information	Legislation, environmental assessment, permitting

Mineral Claims Information – hard rock and placer
Claim Staking Guidelines	Quartz & placer claim staking guides
Grant applications & forms for quartz and placer claims	Quartz & placer grant applications
Current claim maps	Claim maps of active quartz and placer claims
Interactive Mining Claim Map	Interactive online quartz & placer claim map
Mining claims database	Searchable online claim data

Mineral exploration reports and records
Mineral Assessment Reports	Mineral property assessment reports
Yukon Mining Incentive Reports	Final reports for YMIP properties
Anvil Range Exploration Records	Archived field notebooks, sample location maps, assay results, etc.

Minerals Databases
MINFILE database	Online database of Yukon mineral occurrences
Placer database	Online database of placer gold occurrences in Yukon

Geoscience Data Repository - Canada-wide geological and geophysical publications and data (NRCAN)
Geology Maps & Publications (GEOSCAN) and Map images (MIRAGE)	Geological Survey of Canada maps and reports on Yukon
Regional geophysical data	Downloadable digital geophysical data for Yukon
Regional Silt Geochemistry	Downloadable digital data for Yukon
Mineral Deposits	Describes important mineral deposit types in Canada, including Yukon
Geospatial Data (Geogratis) – including Topographic Maps, satellite images and thematic maps	Downloadable vector and raster data for Yukon